How PICamp will work next Tuesday (urgent – register now if you haven’t already)…

The ‘PICamp’ idea is coming together now. BBC Hearts & Minds will be along to cover it. No doubt picking out who’s there, and who isn’t! 😉 Paul Evans, one of the guys doing a lot of the work behind the actual event has written the bulk of this post. (And he’s looking for a pub to recommend for ‘afters’)… Or there’s the Belfast Salon, for those with the energy to go on…

It’s really important that – if you want to come – you should register now with the site at www.picamp.org

There’s a post up on the PICamp site explaining exactly what the format is on the day and how it will work. It’s here: http://tinyurl.com/olezpz

We have a Pizza (pie, geddit?) sponsor in the wonderful Chambre Public Affairs – http://www.chambrepa.com

Please make sure anyone you know that wants to come has registered with the http://www.picamp.org site – we’ve got 90 people registered with the site, and lots of people on the Facebook group that haven’t signed up with the site. We had a capacity of about 80 but QUB have indicated that they may be able to get us another room which will give us a few more place.

We can only offer a wireless connection to people who are registered by the end of today (Thursday).

There are some great session ideas in the Forum, and our experience of unconferences is that half-a-dozen new ideas appear on the day. http://www.facebook.com/l/;http://picamp.ning.com/forum

If anyone knows any MLAs or their staff, please urge them to come because there will be a session on how MLAs and Councillors can be …. er…. ‘encouraged’ to use social media tools more than they do at the moment.

Mick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty